Metta (loving-kindness) becomes truly effective only when it arises from a peaceful mind, a pure mind, a balanced mind.

Emptiness is not nothingness. Emptiness is the space of possibility.

The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

The essence of all phenomena is empty and clear like space. The nature of mind is awareness-emptiness like the sun and sky.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

The Buddha's teachings are not a religion, but a science of mind.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

In meditation, we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

Every time we become aware of a thought, as opposed to being lost in a thought, we experience that opening of the mind.

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

The most important thing in life is to know death is coming and to prepare for it.

When you let go of trying to control everything, you can relax and enjoy life.

We can learn to be present with whatever is happening in our lives, and in this way, we can begin to transform our relationship to difficulty.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

Enlightenment is not a state of perfection but of authenticity.

The Buddha's teaching is a middle way between all extremes, between eternalism and annihilationism, between self-indulgence and self-torture.

The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery.

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.

The whole path of mindfulness is about letting go. We let go of our attachment to our views, our attachment to our opinions, our attachment to our ideas.

In the gap between thoughts, nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.

Nothing is permanent. Everything is subject to change. Being is always becoming.

The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull's-eye which confronts him. This state of unconsciousness is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of his technical skill.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

When you understand that all phenomena are impermanent, unsatisfactory, and non-self, attachment naturally falls away.